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Council says majority authorized special meeting; mayor will leave for closed session over personnel matter
Summary
Council members told a public commenter they believed a majority had authorized the special meeting; they said the closed session concerned personnel and anticipated litigation and that Mayor Ivan Walton would leave because of a personal conflict.
A council member said on the record that "the majority of the board did respond affirmatively to holding it as a special meeting," rejecting the caller's claim that staff contact did not amount to authorization. The council then moved to address an upcoming closed session and discussed whether Mayor Ivan Walton should remain for that discussion.
Council member Elias Juarez explained the closed session was "a personnel related closed session item" and related to "anticipated litigation," and said the mayor's presence would "compromise the city's position" if the mayor remained in the room because of a personal conflict. Mayor Walton agreed to leave the meeting so the council could discuss the city's position in closed session. The council did not vote on the special-meeting authorization during the exchange; it recessed and entered closed session to address the personnel/anticipated litigation item.
